Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lea Lower, Herefordshire

Lea Lower is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Herefordshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
BENNETT911.250068.44
LODGE810.0000551.72
CHRISTOPHER78.75001,489.36
LITTLE78.7500185.19
CLOSE67.5000857.14
THOMAS67.500018.18
PRICE45.000028.57
MORRIS45.000022.46
POWELL33.750030.06
TAYLOR33.75005.86
HUGHES33.750013.38
JAMES33.750019.10
WILKS22.5000158.73
HUNT22.500018.81
DAVIS22.500011.38
BOROUGHS22.500020,000.00
SHOTT22.50004,000.00
ROSSER11.2500172.41
BROOKES11.250053.19
MUCK11.250010,000.00
WELLS11.250015.02
SMITH11.25000.89
HANDY11.2500357.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOROUGHS0.088020000.0000
MUCK0.088010000.0000
SHOTT0.08804000.0000
CHRISTOPHER0.08801489.3617
CLOSE0.0880857.1429
LODGE0.0880551.7241
HANDY0.0880357.1429
LITTLE0.0880185.1852
ROSSER0.0880172.4138
WILKS0.0880158.7302
BENNETT0.088068.4411
BROOKES0.088053.1915
POWELL0.088030.0601
PRICE0.088028.5714
MORRIS0.088022.4593
JAMES0.088019.0961
HUNT0.088018.8147
THOMAS0.088018.1763
WELLS0.088015.0150
HUGHES0.088013.3809
DAVIS0.088011.3766
TAYLOR0.08805.8640
SMITH0.08800.8853

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 80 people called BOROUGHS in Lea Lower at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 20000.0000 in Lea Lower means that 20000.0000% of the people in Lea Lower on census day were called BOROUGHS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOROUGHS in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called BOROUGHS as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called BOROUGHS here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called BOROUGHS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.08 in Lea Lower means that you are 0.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOROUGHS in Lea Lower than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lea Lower in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

BENNELL (1)  BENNETT (9)  BROOKES (1)  BOROUGHS (2)  CHRISTOPHER (7)  CLOSE (6)  DAVIS (2)  HANDY (1)  HUGHES (3)  HUNT (2)  JAMES (3)  LITTLE (7)  LODGE (8)  MORRIS (4)  MUCK (1)  POWELL (3)  PRICE (4)  ROSSER (1)  SHOTT (2)  SMITH (1)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMAS (6)  WELLS (1)  WILKS (2)